Securing means for radiator caps



VDec. y21 1926.

, y L FLORMAN SECURING MEANS FOR RADIATOR cAPs Fired June'zs. 1926 31a/uente@ Gero Patented Dec. 21 1926.

FTE Si igeiiisa ravine LORMAN, or Nnw `YORK, N. Y.

i. SECURINGME'ANS Fon :aAniATon CAPs.

' Appiicuon'fiied Junea, 1926.- -seriai ii-Yo. 118,047.

' In ornaments for automobile radiator caps` as usually manufactured, the base ofV theV ornament is threaded to engage the radiator inlet directly, either externally or internally, so that in order to till the radiator the ornament must be unscrewed 'from theinlet.

This operation requires some time, andthe arrangement has the further disadvantage that no practical .locking means caribe provided to protect the ornament from theft.

.It is the object of this invention to eliminate these disadvantages by providing a hinged cap which is adapt-ed to receive anAA .may be secured y venn tion, partly in section;

Fig. 2 shows'a lmodification thereof; and4 3 shows a vfurthermodification- -Referring to Fig. 1, '5 represents an orna- `nientfof anysuitable design,"having a base 6` and an internal bore 7.` lThe ornament is secured, by means described below, to a` radiator cap 8 hinged at 9 to theiradiator inlet 10. Bore 7 is threaded vat 11 to receive a correspondingly7 threaded disk 12. Disk12 lcarries adepending bolt 13, which passes through an aperture '14 inthe hinged cap and is secured in place by a nut 15 and lock Washer 16.

I have shown disk 12 and bolt 13 as formed integral with'ea'ch other, but they may in,

stead be formed separately and attached together by passing the bolt through an aper-V ture in the disk and soldering or otherwise permanently securing the two together.

In Vorder to adapt the hinged cap to ref ceive the ornament, theaperture 14 is drilled in the topof the cap. The disk 12'may then be screwed-'into place in bore 7, bolt -13` in-j seited "in aperture 14 and washer 16, andnut 15 put inplace'on bolt 13.` Thecap is held in place by any suitable latch 17 which may be unfastened to permit filling the` radiator. Aperture 14 isshownas a smooth bore, but it may, if desired, bev threaded to engage the threads of'bolt 13.

Iii the construction shown `in Fig. 2, the Y Y'cap 18 is tapped at 19 to the same diameter asthe threaded bore 20. A vdisk 21 engages thethreads ofthe bore and of the cap in order to hold the ornament 22 in place.

A further modification is shown in'F ig. 3

wherein the base of the ornament 23 is eX- vternally threaded at 24 to ydirectly engage the threads of an aperture in the hinged capr 25. A shoulder 26 is foimed on'the base to'engage the cap 25.

Asa further modification, the cap may be i externally' tl'ireaded to engage an internally threaded-ornainentof thetype shown in Figsml and 2.

In Vall the foregoing modifications, it

wise .permanently secure the interengaging threads between the ornament and the disk,

between the disk and the cap, and' between the ornament and thecap. In the'in.odiiica tion shown in Fig. 1, bolt 13 maybesoldered or battered toprevent the removal of nut 151 The purpose ofso securing thevarious elements is, of course, to prevent theft ofthe ornament,v i

Having described my invention, what I claim-as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

y 1. ln combination, .aV radiatorV cap having' an aperture in its top, an interiorly threaded --ornament, and a device for securing 'said ornament to said Vradiator cap, said device comprising a small-diameter portion adapted to be disposed withinV said aperture, and a large-diameter portion exteriorly threaded to engage the interior threads' of the orna- Vment.

a. A ldevice for securingfan. interiorly threaded ornament to an apertured radiatorV -eis preferable to solder, batter, or otheicai com rising a small-'diameter ortion.

adapted to 'be disposed within Athe aperturer of Vsaid cap, 1 and r a large-dianieter` portion exteriorly threaded to engage the interiorV Vthref'ids of 'said ornament.

In testimon i whereof I set m signature.

IRVING FLORM AN', e 

